Haertzen C, Buxton K, Covi L, Richards H
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Addiction Research Center, Baltimore, MD 21224.
Psychol Rep. 1993 Feb;72(1):195-200. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1993.72.1.195.
To test the temperature-aggression hypothesis, seasonal changes in aggression as indexed by reported rule infractions were studied for prisoners located at the Patuxent Institution, Jessup, Maryland. 5383 reports of rule infractions occurred between July 1987 and March 1991. Rule infractions occurred more frequently during the hot summer months than the three other seasons of the year. This summer effect, though significant, is only a few percent above a theoretical chance level based on the number of days comprising the seasons. A much stronger monthly effect over 45 months was found, but the bases of erratic fluctuations are not known.
为了验证温度-攻击假说，对位于马里兰州杰瑟普的帕图森特教养所的囚犯，以报告的违规行为为指标研究了攻击行为的季节性变化。1987年7月至1991年3月期间发生了5383起违规行为报告。违规行为在炎热的夏季比一年中的其他三个季节更频繁发生。这种夏季效应虽然显著，但仅比基于各季节天数的理论概率水平高出几个百分点。在45个月期间发现了一个更强的月度效应，但波动不稳定的原因尚不清楚。
